Key statistics
Satellite TLV R/B at a glance.
Uptime
696
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
46.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TLV R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TLV R/B
International designator: 2023-188B
Object number (NORAD): 58501
Object ID (CCSDS): 58501
Country: SOUTH KOREA (SKOR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.442 minutes
Inclination: 46.9183 deg
SMA: 6869.695 km
Apoapsis: 576.941 km
Periapsis: 406.18 km
RAAN: 121.741 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01242855
Argument of periapsis: 281.9225 deg
Mean anomaly: 76.7775 deg
Mean motion: 15.24742687 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009192 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030378461 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 30, 2025, 3:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 29, 2025, 6:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TLV R/B
TLE line 1: 1 58501U 23188B 25302.78579373 .00009192 00000-0 30378-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 58501 46.9183 121.7410 0124286 281.9225 76.7775 15.24742687105595
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TLV R/B.
Associated space launch
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. Prototype small synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite built by Hanhwa Aerospace on a planar satellite bus. First orbital test launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022. Does not include planned 2nd stage of the full LV.
TLV R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage) | S-STEP’, on board a South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage) space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 4, 2023, 5 a.m. from ADD Offshore launch platform.
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South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage) | S-STEP
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 4, 2023, 5 a.m. UTC
Rocket: South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage)
Launch pad: ADD Offshore launch platform
Location: Sea Launch
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